The CDC just confirmed the first case of severe bird flu in the U.S, and California just declared a state of emergency.

Health officials on Wednesday confirmed the first known severe illness in the U.S. caused by bird flu, and California's ...

COVID, norovirus, whooping cough, bird flu, dengue fever -- there is no shortage of viruses making headlines in the U.S. right now. But why does it seem like so many are getting sick lately?

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Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency due to the bird flu in California, despite risk to the public being low.

The U.S. government on Friday ordered testing of the nation’s milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the ...

Raw and unpasteurized milk is set to be tested for bird flu across the U.S. starting Monday, aiming to monitor H5N1 in cattle that will comply with a new federal order. Pasteurized milk is safe to ...

Just days after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a new order that all raw (unpasteurized) milk must be tested for bird flu, reports have emerged of animals dying of the virus.

Despite Arizona reporting two probable human cases of bird flu, health officials say that ... both to keep the public from coming in contact with the virus and to more quickly identify its spread ...

Two human cases of H5N1 avian flu have been confirmed in San Joaquin County, health officials reported Friday. The cases occurred in farmworkers with known exposure to infected animals ...

The Central Valley is the epicenter for the bird flu epidemic drastically reducing the state’s poultry supply and ...

From the first human cases of bird flu found in Arizona to a high-end Mexican eatery coming to Phoenix, here are some of the ...